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Excerpt from Aristotelian Studies on the Structure of the Seventh Book of the Nicomachean Ethics: Chapters I-X The recasting of a passage in the dictation of the final form of a book might sometimes follow at once and be written in the same roll directly after the original.1 The afterthought, however, might come when the writing had advanced beyond the proper position for it, and whether then the new version was written in the same roll with directions for placing it, or on a separate leaf, it might get a wrong place in the redaction, which would be one cause of the fact (if it be a fact) that some duplicates are out of their true context. Again, the recasting of single passages might happen when a fresh set of copies of a book was wanted, corresponding to a modern reprint.2 Later, the variants might be associated by a redactor in one context. Here too there would be a possibility of short duplicates. Thus, if we do not think the evidence against unity of authorship conclusive, a fairly simple hypothesis would cover the repetitions, with one exception. Aristotle, one may think, was sometimes led to discuss a subject over again when he came to treat, or treat again, of something else with which it was connected.3 The rewriting in Metap. M of the criticism of the Platonic Ideas in Bk. A may be an example. For such changes as Aristotle there makes he may well have looked at the original. Yet, though considerable portions of the text correspond almost word for word, I think it quite possible that he did not, or not very carefully. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish